Earlier today I wrote a post that featured powerful responses from Ben Carson and Ted Cruz to yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. At the time, Trump had only responded very briefly to say that his prayers are with the victims. … Continue reading →
In the thick of a nightmare that’s unfortunately real, time seems to telescope or expand: Anthony, another survivor [of the concert shooting], said the fact that he was at the back of the room saved his life. The moving crowd … Continue reading →
The ghouls of ISIS are celebrating the attacks and threatening more to come: “American blood is best and we will taste it soon.” Which brings up the topic of why we haven’t had a large scale terrorist attack in this … Continue reading →
It’s been crystal clear to anyone who cares to think about it for even a moment that the recent influx of “Syrian refugees” would contain terrorists, and most likely ISIS terrorists. There really was never any question about it; their … Continue reading →
Yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris were exactly the sort of thing everyone who has been paying attention to ISIS (which claimed responsibility, and probably isn’t lying) was expecting. Unfortunately, the details of exactly where, when, and how were not predicted. … Continue reading →
I’ve been holding off writing about the Russian plane crash in Egypt until we get more definitive news about the possibility of a bomb. But with the announcement that Russia, which had been downplaying the bomb rumors, has now halted … Continue reading →
Most readers here know I pretty much can’t stand Jeb Bush. I don’t mean personally; no doubt he’s a nice man who loves his wife and all that. I can’t stand him as a candidate and know no one who … Continue reading →
Call it the Knife Intifada. From Bret Stephens: …[T]wo weeks of Palestinian assaults…began when Hamas killed a Jewish couple as they were driving with their four children in the northern West Bank. Two days later, a Palestinian teenager stabbed two … Continue reading →
Suicide terrorists have killed at least 86 (probably more) at a Turkish peace rally in Ankara: The explosion, which caused chaos and bloodshed, took place during a peace march involving, among others, the pro-Kurdish HDP, or People’s Democratic Party. The … Continue reading →
Trump says it wasn’t Swedes who blew up the World Trade Center. That’s for sure, although it actually might have been—in the sense that Sweden has its own problems with a radicalized Muslim population within its borders. I’m pretty sure … Continue reading →
This is the best interview I’ve seen with the three heroes of the French train terrorist attack. It’s with Megyn Kelly, and it’s the first time I’ve heard the three tell their story in such detail. Their characters really shine, … Continue reading →
Just when you thought the Bergdahl story couldn’t get any worse—it does. Did the White House scuttle, or at the very least ignore, a better Bergdahl prisoner exchange deal and replace it with the one we got, in order to … Continue reading →